Sporting pictures of the Week :- 18 October
There is nothing like a close set cricket field; this week in the Sheffield Shield. So good it needs another angle. Of all the crossover sports out there who saw[…]
Tagged: rugby union
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Nail in the Coffin
By Aiden McLaughlin So, overnight, it seems that the inevitable has happened; South Africa has withdrawn from the Rugby Championship. With official confirmation a matter of hours away, it will[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 10 October
2020 in a photo. The T20 blast final in England. And still they wait. For the record the Lion is called Caeser, Lanky is the Giraffe and Alfred is the[…]
Bledisloe Cup: Who would you pick?
By Aiden McLauglin We haven’t seen the All Blacks play since November 1st last year, and a few things have happened since then. Below is a squad I’d be happy[…]
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Righting Past Wrongs
By Andrew Dunford Wellington, 24 September 2020 BREAKING NEWS New Zealand Rugby (NZR) today confirmed its intention to retrospectively cut short the All Blacks’ 1972/73 tour of the British Isles,[…]
Three Years and Tonight
By Scott MacLean If this seems familiar, it probably is Three years ago few gave Taranaki a chance in a Ranfurly Shield challenge in Christchurch. Tonight was much the same[…]
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One in Seven
By Aiden McLaughlin Can you imagine if, after all the discussions of the last week, New Zealand Rugby had turned around a few days ago and said ‘We regret to[…]
The Rugby Championship
By Aiden McLaughlin On a day where Week 2 of the Farah Palmer Cup and Week 1 of the Mitre 10 Cup kicked off in a double header at North[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 6 September
Athletes wearing masks corner. Sloane Stephens at the US Open. And Naomi Osaka. Pro Darts sensation Fallon Sherrick goes even more 2020 as she prepares for the resumption of that[…]
Fields of Unglory: The Blurred Lines of Elitism in College Sport
By Paul Montague Never had much of a rugby career- two years at high school was my lot. In the opening game of my third season, I knocked my head[…]
